Geographies/France/2014/January

France startup funding in January 2014

European tech funding raised by France startups during January 2014.

In January 2014, 21 startups in France closed 21 funding rounds and raised €84M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), up 263.5% versus January 2013. Media was the most active sector, and 3TS Capital Partners was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€84M

+263.5% vs January 2013 · excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

+61.5% vs January 2013

Companies

Top sector

Media

Rank in Europe

12.9% of European funding

Top-10 round share

91.3%

of disclosed capital

Top sectors

by € raised

Data table

	France — top sectors by capital, January 2014
Healthtech	€33M
Software	€31M
Marketing	€23M
Media	€8.0M
Travel	€7.4M
HRtech	€4.3M
Consumer	€3.0M
E-commerce	€2.9M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	France — stage mix, January 2014
Other	€32M
Series D+	€31M
Seed	€9.7M
Series B	€4.4M
Series A	€4.2M
Early VC	€1.9M

Exits & M&A

3 Acquisition

3 exits · €27M disclosed.

Appsfire

Acquisition

Jan 2014

€27M

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in January 2014

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
uTest_Vamsi	Series D+	Jan 2014	€31M
VocalCom	Other	Jan 2014	€23M
Ymagis	Other	Jan 2014	€5.0M
Evaneos	Series B	Jan 2014	€4.4M
Sefaireaider	Seed	Jan 2014	€4.3M
Ceetiz	Series A	Jan 2014	€3.0M
Drive	Other	Jan 2014	€2.0M
Balinea	Other	Jan 2014	€1.5M
Tok Tok Tok	Seed	Jan 2014	€1.5M
Aqylon	Series A	Jan 2014	€1.2M
Mdoloris	Seed	Jan 2014	€1.1M
Doctolib	Seed	Jan 2014	€1.0M
OpenClassRooms	Early VC	Jan 2014	€1.0M
Mindie	Early VC	Jan 2014	€870k
Vodkaster	Seed	Jan 2014	€870k

View all 21 France deals in January 2014 →

Top investors

most active in January 2014, by deal count

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